Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-15

pflne1 Ijalif, OF elsiiaxe, with scrss
meal OF shorts. That IS the a5garfss-s
with grade ShorthOrns - thev vrgsS
quick Like the Poland China 30
tney economically assimiIafe all ~
iood and assimilate rapidiv. This wa,
TAI calf Il dropped IN the spring =
much the better, only would not fr,rr
MN on before he vas q fwo-vear-s,li
which wOald give one fall season on ~
pasture. .. course, spring Is the time
- SEA fatted cattle. FOR then the gras.
iced supply j. short and prices are
higher. Meantime, II one fafsses tn
market, no matter-gst another YEAR.
growth. think three-fOurths Of 4
Po1na o. ollmeal a day rather too
heayy a ration for a calf no more fi,an
SIXTY days old, and have curtai;ed thai
somewhat. One should be very care.
iut and use nothing bat boiling OF
scaIqlng bot water Ia preparing the
gruei. which should be saited reguIarIv.
- = possible 70 raise as good calves On
skim milk and cruel a. on new milk.
but Il takes care and Judgment 20 DO
70 the least oyeFfeed. and back Won %
several pounds short OF what YOU ought
20 have; while in undertaking the ls5ss
Is equally great. When we get the en-
silage. then / think the spring calf 4
the best, as we can easily keen him
growing during the first winter az q
small cost.
For the month Of April il took q
$40 pounds Of milk TO make one pound
OF butter. We we're using shaliow
pans and keeping the mix until thirty
SIS ~ l. a
creaTner in place and will begin the
deep setting under water seal and viii
carefully note the difference, ii any.
some clam that more butter can &c
made BY deep setting than by shallog
IL is doubtful, when the conditions are
favorable for shallow setting-t that is.
when the weather is cool. We can
doubtless make better butter from
deep setting, and that is the main
point 70 look after; besides. one has
full control OF the milk, without refer
enee to the changes OF weather.
The COWS fell of from their milk
over hundred pounds from the effect
Of the cold rain in one day. We i'm
mediately discontinued turning them
out nights and resumed feeding, but
let them out 20 pasture during the day.
The idea i, at al hazards. to keep 10
the regular flow u milk until the pas
ture is good and the weather warm.
Arnold says: II a COW is allowed to
fall away in her milk, she cannot by
any after feeding be brought up to give
as much as she would have given had
the dow been kept up all along" Even
II we do not get back the cost of the
feed at once, the after gain on pasture
will more than compensate Us. The
same principle applies TO feeding dur
ing the latter part Of summer, when
we may expect dry weather, 70 be fol
lowed in the fall with a luxuriant
growth Of grass extending into No
yember, il we want to get the benefit
OF that in a yield Of milk, the flow
must be kept continuous. / expect to
use a part Of the green corn in that
way. il need be, and use more oats for
enSilage; or the oats, il far enough
advanced, viii answer the same pur-
pose.
/ mean to cut the hay for the COWS.
anyway, two weeks earlier than last
year, before the bloom IS on, not before
Il is oil. This results in simply having
the dried grass, which, It properly
cured. Is the next thing 20 pasture that
one can get. The New York dairymen
realize the importance Of early cut
grass for milk cows, aud time their
harvest accordingly. Hay butter,
as they there cali their winter-made
butter. will have a much richer color
from early cut than from late mowu
meadows. The yield of milk IS much
greater from a given quantity of feed
besides the cows will eat more Of IL.
The question as TO the better time to
cut Is no longer mooted; 1t Is accepted
as settled and nothing bat untavorabie
weather will cause New York dairy
man to cut his hay late.
Twenty-threc men stood up in the
Commissioners courtroom on Tues
day waiting 20 be heard. Old men
middle-aged men, Young men, all
louuging around, walking here and
there, YEARLY waiting. until finally
some actually sat upon the floor. IN
regular old-fashioued, frce-and- easy
camp STYLE. When | entered the room
an oppressive odor greeted my nos.
trils. sickenlng 60 encounter, which
will feel that Ii is fortunate # IL doe
not result in worse than that Tn,
query will arise. why were these peopl,
standng2 The answer n, becaus,
there were no seats for any one eXcep'
the Commissioners themselves anl
their clerk; SO all the rest % the PEG
pie in the room had % stand up or 81
down Fat upon the floor. such STATE
OF things Is diSrraCeiul 20 The riches
county Ia Washington Territory anC
20 the largest city on Puget Sound.
| am not much in Iayor OF the Grant
Jury system, but II we have got q
endure IL. then let US By all means ust
it 10 inlict che citizens Of this county
Tor not providing q decent place loi
their Commissioners 70 meet and for
their people TO be heard.
We have sheaved the sheep already
for the reason that they are 70 b
turned of for early mutton, and by =,
doing they viii iatten faster. anc
hence go into market earlier Time Il
everything as regards pnCe. We caI
now get SIX cents gross for our NUT
ton, whereas a month hence It o
doubtful il we can ect four. TIL
fleece. OF course. will not be so heavy
and probably Tor rather possibly thl
quality will nos be 50 good. bat never
thelesS it doubtless viii pay Ia not onll
the high price obtainsble, but likeWls
in the increased weight Of the mutton
Potatoes are one dollar bushcl an'
very scarce at that Now every bodl
viii incline % plant so We may rea
sauaMy expect an increased acreage %
patataes. We have been sorting on
Rurbank's seeiling., and hnd most q
them sound as 4 dollar. The rough
grown we put cat for use. and selecte,
those ~ smooth growth for seed, with
out reference % size. though We tas
. me- very small ones. have mind q
cut out this ewes ot the large ones ans
plant them by themselves The hrs
erap Of potatoes | ever raised here WI
nearly an from Pee.iugS and thes
nearly as dry as chips. Potatoes ha'
rane up 90 three dollars a bushcl Gu
The spring % 1881 and on account q
the summer overflow ia the Columbi
battnms We could not plant ANITA lu!y
Vet with Feelings for seed the Gro
Welded three hundred bushels per acrs
. thF ys.,,4~sg This VAS ON very rich QHtc